diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 14a2ab1..1a0f56d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -5482,7 +5482,10 @@
 }
 
 sp<Layer> SurfaceFlinger::fromHandle(const sp<IBinder>& handle) {
-    BBinder *b = handle->localBinder();
+    BBinder* b = nullptr;
+    if (handle) {
+        b = handle->localBinder();
+    }
     if (b == nullptr) {
         return nullptr;
     }